Red Hawk Bar and Grill, Ann Arbor

 

Red Hawk Bar and Grill

  

Red Hawk Bar and Grill is right in the middle of one of Ann Arbor's major downtown stretches, near the intersection of State and Liberty.  People walk those streets everyday, and I assume (due to an absence of data) that a very small percentage of them will ever step foot inside Red Hawk as they pass it.  It probably has something to do with the fact that the front of Red Hawk is flat.  The people who just keep walking don't know what they're missing.   

  

The menu was simple and classy.

When my friend Maggie and I walked into Red Hawk last weekend, we were greeted by a greeter who swung wildly between being gratingly cheery and being not good enough at faking cheer.  She gave us a table toward the back.  Red Hawk is oriented lengthwise, as opposed to width-wise.  That's not really very interesting, but at the time it felt important enough for me to make a note of it.

 

I don't remember why I thought this was noteworthy.

The interior color scheme featured a lot of green and brown.  It was brown because the interior building materials were mostly wood and brick.  I don't know why the green was there.  It was a pleasant color, though.  That probably had something to do with it.  

The burger had an excellent charred taste.  The bun was soft and toasted, with onion and poppy seeds.  The bun was a bit over the top actually, there was about one flavor too many.  The burger itself was pink in the center.  It was also very juicy, and leaked through the bun a bit.  It was actually very reminiscent of the burger at Casey's, but it actually had a substantial amount of flavor, which saved it.

The fries were even the same kind fries as Casey's.  They were slightly salted, and delicious.  They serve a lot of fries, which is great if you're hungry, and if you're not hungry, Maggie discovered that the excess fries make a fine building material.

 

Stonehenge comes to mind.

The important question: would I go back?  Red Hawk is a bit more expensive than other similar options, but the food is pretty good, and unlike other Bar/Grills, it didn't feel crowded at any point in the night.  I'll definitely go back, probably pretty soon.